How to solve the “Cannot load PSReadline module” Error when Installing the Azure CLI

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Patrick Butler Monterde

Microsoft Azure CLI can be executed in multiple shells.  Running in Linux, MacOS and Windows.  In this post, we show you how to install it properly so you can get the goodness that comes from the the PSReadline module.

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Sometimes when installing the Azure CLI you will get the above error.  It is mostly an issue with PowerShell Execution Policy configuration in your computer, and it is quite easy to resolve. These are the steps:

  1. You will need to setup the proper Execution policy to install the required modules.
  2. Import the PowershellGet module, this provides the ability to download modules from the http://www.powershellgallery.com/  repository.
  3. Import the PSReadLine Module, this is needed (not required) by the Azure CLI 2.0 to provide a better console experience. You can read more about it here.
  4. Install the Azure 2.0 CLI for Powershell.
  5. (optional) Revert your PowerShell Execution Policy.

Lets get to it:

Step 1: Setting the PowerShell Execution Policy.

InstallingAzureCLI2_image_2

Check your Powershell Execution Policy, and marked down: 

Get-ExecutionPolicy

Run PowerShell as an Administrator and change the Execution Policy: 

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
# or you can use Unrestricted
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Step 2: Import the PowershellGet module:

Execute Import-Module PowerShellGet

Step 3: Import the PSReadline module:

Import-Module PSReadline

Step 4: Install the Azure 2.0 CLI for Powershell:

InstallingAzureCLI2_image_3

Step 5: (Optional, but recomended) Restore your PowerShell Execution Policy:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted
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Visual Studio Code Integrated Terminal

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Patrick Butler Monterde

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Visual Studio code has a great feature called Integrated terminal. It provides the ability to have a  Shell terminal while working with your files. In Windows,  the default terminal is PowerShell, however this can be changed easily.

In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to integrate any Shells you may want to have available while you’re working in Visual Studio code.

For this example I will use two of the easiest terminals available in Windows 10. The first one is the one that comes from installing the GIT version control system and the second one comes from installing the Ubuntu bash in Windows feature. These are the steps:

  1. First step is to install either one of this software packages
  2. Configure Visual Studio code settings and  default terminal
  3. End to End configuration Video

 

Installing new Shells

These are the two easiest options to have a BASH shell avaliable:

Once you have installed any of these, the Shell executables are located here:

PowerShell: C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\\powershell.exe
GIT Bash: C:\\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe
Ubuntu in Windows 10 C:\Windows\sysnative\bash.exe”

 

Configure Visual Studio code settings and default terminal

Once installed can set your setting by clicking  File > Preferences > Settings and search for this setting: terminal.integrated.shell.windows.  Select the User Settings window and add the following code (enable the shell you would like as default):

{
 //Terminal Configurations

 //PowerShell Configuration
 "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\Sysnative\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe"

 //GIT Bash Configuration
 //"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"

 //Ubuntu in Windows 10 Configuration
 // "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\bash.exe"
}

 

End to End configuration Video

I created a short video to show you how to complete the configuration:

 

 

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Configuring PuTTy Sessions

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Patrick Butler Monterde

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PuTTy is one of the best SSH tools for Microsoft Windows. I found myself spending more and more time when managing Linux VMs and Containers in Microsoft Azure, and I wanted to share some quick tips that could make your life easier:

  1. Saving Sessions
  2. Configure the SSH Screen size
  3. Configuring the Font and Font Size
  4. Configuration in a Live SSH Session

 

Saving Sessions

Sessions allow to have the same configuration every time you connect to that SSH endpoint.  Open PuTTy,  enter the Host name (IP address), then the port number. On the Save Sessions type the name of the session,  and click on the Save button.

PuTTY-Saving-Session-1

Once the session is saved, you can go into customizing the rest of the experience, and look and feel.

 

Configure the SSH Screen Size

Click the Window Category on the left menu and change the Column and Row sizes as needed.

PuTTY-Saving-Session-2

 

Configure the Font and Font Size

After that click on the Appearance Section. In this area you will find the cursor appearance and also the font settings. In order to change the font settings click on the Change button.

PuTTY-Saving-Session-3

Select your favorite font and font size and Click OK

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Go back to the Session Category and Save the Session.  This will persist your settings for this session.

PuTTY-Saving-Session-5

 

Configuration in a Live SSH Session

You can also re-configure a live SSH session. Right-click on the Window panel and you will see PuTTy menu. Select the Change Settings option and I will bring you to the PuTTy Reconfiguration screen

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In the PuTTy Reconfiguration screen, you can make the required changes.  For example: Clicking on the Appearance sub category  allows you to change the cursor appearance and also the font settings.

PuTTY-Saving-Session-7

 

 

 

 

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OpenBSD 5.8 Minecraft Server

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Patrick Butler Monterde

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One of my kids is loving Minecraft , so we decided to setup a a Minecraft server to have a persisting world were we can play together and have some of his friends playing from their home. There is a lot of information in how to setup an environment in Linux, but  I wanted the challenge and why not use one of the most secure OSes as a host.

MineCraft server running in OpenStack

Minecraft server running on OpenBSD

 

The following posts will go over the steps required to setup a Minecraft server from scratch in OpenBSD 5.8. These are the main steps to follow (total install time 2 hours):

  1. Install OpenBSD
  2. Install Packages
  3. Configure Java
  4. Install the Minecraft server and test
  5. Configure the Minecraft server
  6. Kick staring your players
  7. Setup a service to start the Minecraft server at boot
  8. References

 

Minecraft References

References:

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Installing PyCharm and Oracle Java in Ubuntu

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Patrick Butler Monterde

Follow these steps to install PyCharm in Ubuntu:

1. Copy the pycharm-*.tar.gz to the desired installation location
(make sure you have rw permissions for that directory)

2.Unpack the pycharm-*.tar.gz using the following command:


tar xfz pycharm-*.tar.gz

 

3. Check that you have Java Installed in your box [1] :


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

 

4. Setting up JAVA_HOME. Look for the Java location installation. Replace the x with the number of the version installed [2]:

find /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.x.x-openjdk

 

5. Edit /etc/profile. Add the following lines:

export JAVA_HOME=”path that you found”
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

 

References:

[1] http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html

[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24641536/how-to-set-java-home-in-linux-for-all-users

 

 

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CIDR Cheat Sheet

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Patrick Butler Monterde 
Netmask              Netmask (binary)                 CIDR     Notes    
_____________________________________________________________________________
255.255.255.255  11111111.11111111.11111111.11111111  /32  Host (single addr)
255.255.255.254  11111111.11111111.11111111.11111110  /31  Unuseable
255.255.255.252  11111111.11111111.11111111.11111100  /30    2  useable
255.255.255.248  11111111.11111111.11111111.11111000  /29    6  useable
255.255.255.240  11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000  /28   14  useable
255.255.255.224  11111111.11111111.11111111.11100000  /27   30  useable
255.255.255.192  11111111.11111111.11111111.11000000  /26   62  useable
255.255.255.128  11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000  /25  126  useable
255.255.255.0    11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000  /24 "Class C" 254 useable

255.255.254.0    11111111.11111111.11111110.00000000  /23    2  Class C's
255.255.252.0    11111111.11111111.11111100.00000000  /22    4  Class C's
255.255.248.0    11111111.11111111.11111000.00000000  /21    8  Class C's
255.255.240.0    11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000  /20   16  Class C's
255.255.224.0    11111111.11111111.11100000.00000000  /19   32  Class C's
255.255.192.0    11111111.11111111.11000000.00000000  /18   64  Class C's
255.255.128.0    11111111.11111111.10000000.00000000  /17  128  Class C's
255.255.0.0      11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000  /16  "Class B"
     
255.254.0.0      11111111.11111110.00000000.00000000  /15    2  Class B's
255.252.0.0      11111111.11111100.00000000.00000000  /14    4  Class B's
255.248.0.0      11111111.11111000.00000000.00000000  /13    8  Class B's
255.240.0.0      11111111.11110000.00000000.00000000  /12   16  Class B's
255.224.0.0      11111111.11100000.00000000.00000000  /11   32  Class B's
255.192.0.0      11111111.11000000.00000000.00000000  /10   64  Class B's
255.128.0.0      11111111.10000000.00000000.00000000  /9   128  Class B's
255.0.0.0        11111111.00000000.00000000.00000000  /8   "Class A"
  
254.0.0.0        11111110.00000000.00000000.00000000  /7
252.0.0.0        11111100.00000000.00000000.00000000  /6
248.0.0.0        11111000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /5
240.0.0.0        11110000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /4
224.0.0.0        11100000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /3
192.0.0.0        11000000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /2
128.0.0.0        10000000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /1
0.0.0.0          00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000  /0   IP space

                                   Net     Host    Total
Net      Addr                      Addr    Addr    Number
Class   Range      NetMask         Bits    Bits   of hosts
----------------------------------------------------------
A        0-127    255.0.0.0         8      24     16777216   (i.e. 114.0.0.0)
B      128-191    255.255.0.0      16      16        65536   (i.e. 150.0.0.0)
C      192-254    255.255.255.0    24       8          256   (i.e. 199.0.0.0)
D      224-239    (multicast)
E      240-255    (reserved)
F      208-215    255.255.255.240  28       4           16
G      216/8      ARIN - North America
G      217/8      RIPE NCC - Europe
G      218-219/8  APNIC
H      220-221    255.255.255.248  29       3            8   (reserved)
K      222-223    255.255.255.254  31       1            2   (reserved)
(ref: RFC1375 & http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space )
(               http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm                    )
----------------------------------------------------------

The current list of special use prefixes:
	0.0.0.0/8	
	127.0.0.0/8
	192.0.2.0/24
	10.0.0.0/8
	172.16.0.0/12
	192.168.0.0/16
	169.254.0.0/16
	all D/E space
(ref: RFC1918 http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt   )
(       or     ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1918.txt     )
(rfc search:   http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html   )
(              http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt )
(              http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html            )


Martians: (updates at: www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space )
 no ip source-route
 access-list 100 deny   ip host 0.0.0.0 any
  deny ip 0.0.0.0         0.255.255.255  any log  ! antispoof
  deny ip 0.0.0.0 0.255.255.255  0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 ! antispoof
  deny ip any             255.255.255.128 0.0.0.127 ! antispoof
  deny ip host            0.0.0.0        any log  ! antispoof
  deny ip host            [router intf]  [router intf] ! antispoof
  deny ip xxx.xxx.xxx.0   0.0.0.255      any log  ! lan area
  deny ip 0/8             0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 1/8             0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 2/8             0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 5/8             0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 7/8             0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 10.0.0.0        0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Private Use
  deny ip 23/8            0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 27/8            0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 31/8            0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 36-37/8         0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 39/8            0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 41-42/8         0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 50/8            0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 58-60/8         0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 69-79/8         0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 82-95/8         0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 96-126/8        0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 127/8           0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 169.254.0.0     0.0.255.255    any log  ! link-local network
  deny ip 172.16.0.0      0.15.255.255   any log  ! reserved
  deny ip 192.168.0.0     0.0.255.255    any log  ! reserved
  deny ip 192.0.2.0       0.0.0.255      any log  ! test network
  deny ip 197/8           0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 220/8           0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 222-223/8       0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved
  deny ip 224.0.0.0       31.255.255.255 any log  ! multicast
  deny ip 224.0.0.0       15.255.255.255 any log  ! unless MBGP-learned routes
  deny ip 224-239/8       0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Multicast
  deny ip 240-255/8       0.255.255.255  any log  ! IANA - Reserved

filtered source addresses
  0/8                 ! broadcast
  10/8                ! RFC 1918 private
  127/8               ! loopback
  169.254.0/16        ! link local
  172.16.0.0/12       ! RFC 1918 private
  192.0.2.0/24        ! TEST-NET
  192.168.0/16        ! RFC 1918 private
  224.0.0.0/4         ! class D multicast
  240.0.0.0/5         ! class E reserved
  248.0.0.0/5         ! reserved
  255.255.255.255/32  ! broadcast

ARIN administrated blocks: (http://www.arin.net/regserv/IPStats.html)
   24.0.0.0/8 (portions of)
   63.0.0.0/8
   64.0.0.0/8
   65.0.0.0/8
   66.0.0.0/8
  196.0.0.0/8
  198.0.0.0/8
  199.0.0.0/8
  200.0.0.0/8
  204.0.0.0/8
  205.0.0.0/8
  206.0.0.0/8
  207.0.0.0/8
  208.0.0.0/8
  209.0.0.0/8
  216.0.0.0/8
----------------------------------------------------------

well known ports: (rfc1700.txt)
 www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

protocol numbers:
 www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers
 www.iana.org/numbers.htm

ICMP(Types/Codes)
 Testing Destination Reachability & Status
  (0/0)  Echo-Reply
  (8/0)  Echo
 Unreachable Destinations
  (3/0)  Network Unreachable
  (3/1)  Host Unreachable
  (3/2)  Protocol Unreachable
  (3/3)  Port Unreachable
  (3/4)  Fragmentaion Needed and DF set (Pkt too big)
  (3/5)  Source Route Failed
  (3/6)  Network Unknown
  (3/7)  Host Unknown
  (3/9)  DOD Net Prohibited
  (3/10) DOD Host Prohibited
  (3/11) Net TOS Unreachable
  (3/12) Host TOS Unreachable
  (3/13) Administratively Prohibited
  (3/14) Host Precedence Unreachable
  (3/15) Precedence Unreachable
 Flow Control
  (4/0)  Source-Quench [RFC 1016]
 Route Change Requests from Gateways
  (5/0)  Redirect Datagrams for the Net
  (5/1)  Redirect Datagrams for the Host
  (5/2)  Redirect Datagrams for the TOS and Net
  (5/3)  Redirect Datagrams for the TOS and Host
 Router
  (6/-)  Alternate-Address
  (9/0)  Router-Advertisement
  (10/0) Router-Solicitation
 Detecting Circular or Excessively Long Routes
  (11/0) Time to Live Count Exceeded
  (11/1) Fragment Reassembly Time Exceeded
 Reporting Incorrect Datagram Headers
  (12/0) Parameter-Problem
  (12/1) Option Missing
  (12/2) No Room for Option
 Clock Synchronization and Transit Time Estimation
  (13/0) Timestamp-Request
  (14/0) Timestamp-Reply
 Obtaining a Network Address (RARP Alternative)
  (15/0) Information-Request
  (16/0) Information-Reply
 Obtaining a Subnet Mask [RFC 950]
  (17/0) Address Mask-Request
  (18/0) Address Mask-Reply
 Other
  (30/0) Traceroute
  (31/0) Conversion-Error
  (32/0) Mobile-Redirect

Ref: [RFC 792] [RFC 896] [RFC 950] [RFC 1016]
  www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sw_5_3/cofigide/qos.htm#19774



Decimal system Prefix's
              Factor               Exponent  Prefix
---------------------------------------------------
 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000...10^24....yotta
     1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000...10^21....zetta
         1 000 000 000 000 000 000...10^18....exa
             1 000 000 000 000 000...10^15....peta
                 1 000 000 000 000...10^12....tera
                     1 000 000 000...10^9.....giga
                         1 000 000...10^6.....mega
                             1 000...10^3.....kilo
                               100...10^2.....hecto
                                10...10^1.....deka
                               0.1...10^-1....deci
                              0.01...10^-2....centi
                             0.001...10^-3....milli
                         0.000 001...10^-6....micro
                     0.000 000 001...10^-9....nano
                 0.000 000 000 001...10^-12...pico
             0.000 000 000 000 001...10^-15...femto
         0.000 000 000 000 000 001...10^-18...atto
     0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001...10^-21...zepto
 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001...10^-24...yocto
---------------------------------------------------

Convert Fahrenheit <> Celsius:
 Celsius = (Fahrenheit - 32) / 1.8
 Fahrenheit = (Celsius * 1.8) + 32


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